One of the many unfortunate results of the tanking economy, is that there are a lot of nannies out there looking for positions. But with all the available nannies, it still comes down to finding… Read More »How to Find a Nanny in Brooklyn
Last week, the post that got the most Facebook shares on the blog was on how families could sleep over to support the effort of Occupy Wall Street. What that says to me is that… Read More »How Your Family Can Help Out at Occupy Wall Street
If you have wanted to join in on Occupy Wall Street and haven’t been able to do so because of family obligations or if you want to teach your kids about making our voices heard-… Read More »It’s Our Turn: Family Sleep Over At Occupy Wall Street
If you have wanted to join in on Occupy Wall Street and haven’t been able to do so because of family obligations or if you want to teach your kids about making our voices heard-… Read More »It's Our Turn: Family Sleep Over At Occupy Wall Street
Sick day! I used to love sick day: it meant Mad! Magazine, jello water and lots of room service by mom. Now, that I’m the mom, it means videos, coloring, reading books aloud and lots… Read More »What I Resort To When My Kids Are Sick
Acetaminophen in concentrated infant drops will no longer be produced by manufacturers- and that’s a very good thing. There were dosing errors as people used concentrated infant drops on older children. It was easy to… Read More »Acetaminophen New Dosing Chart- and When to Use It
Have you ever noticed that dads get short shifted in the parenting section at the bookstore? For every 200 books on “how your life will dramatically change forever” that are written for moms, dads have… Read More »New Dad? Lace Up For Boot Camp
I started a Meetup group for A Child Grows In Brooklyn after some readers told me that they wanted to have a way to meet one another “live”. They wanted not just to meet each… Read More »New Meetups- Mandarin Playgroup, Ebay Workshop, Babysitting Co-ops and Best Resources
Are you one of the 1.3 million New Yorkers who don’t get paid leave? What happens when one of your kids is sick and you have to stay home? Have you lost a day of… Read More »Paid Leave for Parents?
Do you want to meet other parents, have a date night and make playdates for your children? Join a babysitting co-op! The parents of the 1970’s had it right when they realized that instead of… Read More »Want To Join A Babysitting Co-Op? We’ll Tell You How